Free Kindergarten La.K.1.7.4 The Student Will Identify The Authors Purpose As Stated In The Text. Lesson Plan (Language Arts)

Topic: Identifying the Authors Purpose in a Text (LA.K.1.7.4)

Objectives & Outcomes

• Students will be able to identify the authors purpose in a text (e.g. to inform, persuade, or entertain).

Materials

• A selection of texts with different purposes (e.g. storybook, news article, persuasive ad)
• Chart paper and markers

Warm-up

• Ask students if they have ever read a book or listened to a story before.
• Ask students to share a favorite book or story they have read or heard.
• Discuss with students what makes a story or book interesting or fun to read.
• Write the word "purpose" on the board and ask students what they think it means.

Direct Instruction

• Introduce the concept of the author's purpose and explain that it is the reason the author wrote the story.
• Use the book The Monsters Parade by Wendy O'Leary as an example and ask students to consider what the author's purpose might be in writing this story.
• Ask students to consider what kinds of things the author might want readers to understand, feel, or do after reading the story.
• Model for students how to identify key words and phrases that indicate the author's purpose in the text.

Guided Practice

• Have students work in pairs or small groups to reread the text of the book The Monsters Parade by Wendy O'Leary and identify the author's purpose.
• Have students share their findings with the class and discuss as a group.

Independent Practice

• Have students choose a book they have recently read and create a presentation to show their classmates the author's purpose in the text. Students can use illustrations, visual aids, and/or puppets to help convey their message.

Closure

• Review the concept of author's purpose and how it relates to the students' experiences reading the book they chose for their independent practice.
• Ask students to share what they learned about author's purpose and how it relates to their lives.

Assessment

• Observe students during their independent practice and take note of their ability to identify the author's purpose and how it relates to their own lives.
• Have students complete a written assessment in which they identify the author's purpose and how it relates to the book they have chosen for independent practice.